Assignment no.

Question 1:
Calculate Mean and Variance for the given below sampling distribution of sample
Means.
x f x 

3 1/7

6 2/7

9 2/7

12 1/7

15 1/7

Total 7/7=1

Solution:

x f x  x f (x ) x 2 f (x)
3 1/7 3 9
7 7
6 2/7 12 36
7 7
9 2/7 18 81
7 7
12 1/7 12 144
7 7
15 1/7 15 225
7 7
Total 7/7=1 45 495
7 7

Mean: μ= E ( x )=∑ x f ( x )
 45
μ= =6.428
7

Variance: σ =Var ( x ) =E ¿

σ =∑ x 2 f ( x ) −[ ∑ x f ( x )]
2

2
495 45
σ= −( )
7 7

σ =70.714−41.326

σ =29.388

Question 2:
A random sample of 36 observations is drawn from a normal distribution with variance
. Suppose that the sample mean is found to be Find 96% confidence
Z  2.05
interval for populations mean (Use table value as 0.02 )

Solution:

Here,

n = 36 x=42.6 s = √ σ 2= √ 25 = 5

For 96% confidence level, z value = 2.05

s s
x−Z ∝ ≤ μ ≤ x+ Z ∝
2 √n 2 √n

5 5
42.6−2.05 ≤ μ ≤ 42.6+ 2.05
√36 √ 36
42.6−1.708 ≤ μ ≤ 42.6+ 1.708

40.892 ≤ μ ≤ 44.308